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Workaround for crash in code_server.
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Strange that the effect of this bug is not more fatal.
Kudos to Fabian and Tom for spotting this one.
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We want to be able to write type specifications for BIFs in the same
way as for any other function. Currently, the type for BIFs need
to be described in erl_bif_types.
To avoid extending the compiler and Dialyzer with special directives
for providing specifications for BIFs, we have decided to let the
loader accept a local definition for a function which exists as a
BIF. As an example, here is how a stub for lists:reverse/2 can be
defined:
-export([reverse/2]).
-spec reverse([term()], term()) -> [term()].
reverse(_, _) ->
erlang:nif_error(undef).
Essentially, the loader will discard the local definition of reverse/2.
Other functions in the same module must *not* do local calls to a BIF
stub. If a local call to a BIF is found, the loader will refuse to load
the module. That is, the following call is not allowed:
reverse(List) ->
reverse(List, []).
but the following is:
reverse(List) ->
?MODULE:reverse(List, []).
A few words about the implementation.
It turns out to be too complicated to actually discard the BIF
stubs. Although it would be possibly with some jiggery pokery in
ops.tab, the code would be difficult to maintain and it could slow
down loading of modules that don't define BIFs (which are almost
all modules).
Therefore, the stub functions are kept in the loaded code, but
their names in the func_info instruction are invalidated so that
module_info(functions) can filter them out.
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Reorganize in a systematic way the code that loads the modules needed
by the code_server process. While at it, remove the useless
hipe_unified_loader:load_hipe_modules/0 function.
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This avoids costly scheduling changes during module loading if native
code is disabled in erts, or not present in the module being loaded.
Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
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Loading native code is a multi-step operation that needs to be
atomic, but the HiPE loader failed to ensure that.
This caused corruption of runtime system structure in some cases.
Fix by blocking multi_scheduling around main loader entry points.
Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
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